Improvement in label-holders



UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM L'. HEPINEUZE, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,

IMPRovEMENT |N LABEL-HOLDERS.

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 173,286, dated February B, 1876 application led December 18, 1875.

To all whom 'Ztmay concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. HEPL.

NEUZE, of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have `invented a newV and useful Improvement in Label-Holders; and I do'hereby declare the v following to be a clear and exact description of the nature thereof, sufficient to enable others skilled in the lart to which my invention ap- -pert-ains4 to fully understand, "make, and usev the same, reference being had to the accom' panying drawings making partof this speciication, in which- Fignies 1, 2, and 3 are perspective views of the device embodying my invention. Fig. 4

' is a side view of the holder closed at both holder.

Referring to the drawings, Arepresents aA glass tube, at one or each endof which is a neck, B, around which is twisted, or otherwise secured, a piece, C, of wire, wherebyV the tube may be attached to a plant, flower, tree, or other article, and stand in vertical or horizontal positions or, when desired, it may be set in the ground, in which case a prongor tooth, C, will be employed.

Within the transparent tube A there is placed a label, I), whose printed face or characteristics will be adjacent to the inner face of the tube, so that the label may be read from the outside of the tube.

It will be perceived that the label will be readily seen and indicate the name or character of the article to be marked, and it will be protected from dirt, dust, rain, and other injurious eects.

The cord C will be of au expansible nature, preferably lead, so that as the plant, iiower, or other article grows or is developed, the

lcord will be distended or give at the portion of the article around which it is wound or aiixed, owing tothe pressure occasioned by the increase in size of the article; consequently said portion willnot be injured or retarded in its growth.

In order to close the end of the holder, I

-employ two tubes, the diameter of one of which is. smaller than the other, and ltit` the tubes at their open ends .into each other telescopically, so that a holder entirely closed is the result.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isfl. The transparent tube A and label D, combined and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2,. The transparent tube A, with attachingneck and label D, in combination With the expansible attaching-cord C, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

3. The two transparent tubes, formed with attaching-necks, and fitting one within the other at their open ends, in combination with 'the inclosed label, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

/ W. L. HEPINEUZE.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, H. E. HINDMARSH. 

